4. ‘I will make mere youths their officials;children will rule over them.’
5. People will oppress each other –man against man, neighbour against neighbour.The young will rise up against the old,the nobody against the honoured.
6. A man will seize one of his brothersin his father’s house, and say,‘You have a cloak, you be our leader;take charge of this heap of ruins!’
7. But in that day he will cry out,‘I have no remedy.I have no food or clothing in my house;do not make me the leader of the people.’
8. Jerusalem staggers,Judah is falling;their words and deeds are against the Lord,defying his glorious presence.
9. The look on their faces testifies against them;they parade their sin like Sodom;they do not hide it.Woe to them!They have brought disaster upon themselves.
10. Tell the righteous it will be well with them,for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
11. Woe to the wicked!Disaster is upon them!They will be paid backfor what their hands have done.